I was thoroughly bored this evening , 200 channels on my skybox and naff all worth watching so I thought I will drop over to my lock up about 4 miles away and get the 16v out just to stretch her legs, which I did, I brought her back to my place fitted the 2 new foglights which really finish the front end off, then drove her back (the long way) to her nice snug garage and put the car cover back over it and came home.

Driving my very nice new but very germanic Passat home which costs the thick end of £20k I thought, you know what, the driving position and seats on this arent a patch on my £400 worth of bx! As Ian will tell you im a bit of a clean freak so gave the 16v a quick wipe over, blacked the tyres and did the glass before putting it away and stood back after I had finised and admired a bloody handsome looking motor! And its 20 years old and owes me less then a grand all told! 20 times less that the passat. (which is a good car granted)

Makes all the LHM leaks, wobbly arm bearings, blown dash bulbs and patched up inner wings all worth it after all!

Agreed Richard Xantias a lovely car, I think with me that as I have been around, ridden in and driven BXs for nearly all of my life its like settling in to your favorite chair after a week away. You know what it is what it does and your completely at ease with it.

For peace of mind and that sort of knowing feeling that a car is going to get you wherever you are going, I reckon the BX is up there with the ulimate landmark of reliabilty anc comfort the Mk3 Cavalier. Both, for me, are the kind of car you can sit in and feel totally at home instantly.

Regular readers of this forum will know that I off'ed a perfectly good ZX which I had spent 500squids on for the sake of going back to a BX, a J30 MoT write-off that has cost me about J1000 so far to get right. I absolutely don't regret it, it's fun, satisfying, involving and reliable.